Ooh, some of these are really similar to my Asian Community. I have 12 Kuhli loaches, 6 Black, 6 Striped. 10 Harlequin Rasbora. 4 Honey Gourami, 2 Pearl Gourami. 1 Red Tail Black Shark. 3 Peacock Eels.
Or it could just happen naturally.
Bloat comes first then turns into Dropsy. They are basically the same.
Edit: they are the same thing. http://www.fish-disease.net/diseases/dropsy.php
Quick back story: I tried to keep 3 males in my tank, Cacatouides, Hongsloi and Agasizzii
The Hongsloi was dominant and I now have a Male on it's own.
I added a female which was the same size as the male. The female surpassed the male in size very quickly, now it seems the male is not eating...
Well, the fish can naturally get bloat if they have some kind of organ failure or something inside them that is just defective. The thing with CPD's are there small body size.
They need to be fed small pellets or crushed flake to avoid getting bloat (Dropsy)
Well I am using RO water, so I would rather not consideing my nitrate is more than fine for now. What do you mean, I have been out of cycle for two weeks? I am going to try my way for now, if my nitrate readings are bad, then I will reconsider. But everything is great so far.
Deciding whether...